The Solomon Islands Campaign, Guadalcanal to Rabaul

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The Solomon Islands Campaign, Guadalcanal to Rabaul Historiography and Annotated Bibliography

Eugene L. Rasor

Book Code: GR0059

ISBN: 0-313-30059-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30059-2

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168 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 1/30/1997

List Price: $85.00 (UK Sterling Price: £47.95)

Availability: Print on demand

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Bibliographies of Battles and Leaders

Series Number: 20

Reviews:

The work contains an overview of the campaign and a general discussion of sources, both archival and published.
—The Journal of Military History

Description: Beginning in August 1942 and continuing through the end of 1943, when the Japanese base at Rabaul was isolated and bypassed, the Solomon Islands Campaign was conducted with combined Allied forces from the Southwest Pacific and Central Pacific commands and included several major amphibious landings, a dozen naval battles, and continuous air attacks. A comprehensive bibliography on the Solomon Islands Campaign, this book includes an historiographical narrative and an annotated bibliography of over 500 entries. The historiographical section reviews the works in the bibliography section and provides appropriate cross-references, while the bibliography provides descriptive and evaluative annotations. The book provides a comprehensive survey of the literature on the Solomon Islands Campaign and also points to gaps in the literature and areas where further research is needed. Including both popular and scholarly literature, the work covers operations in all dimensions--land, water, underwater, air, and combinations of these. It also covers personnel and their experiences, memoirs, diaries, autobiographies, biographies, and oral histories as well as intelligence matters, diplomacy, logistics and supply, and cultural aspects such as journalism, fiction, film, and art. Archival, research, and library facilities and materials are also described. The book also includes an introductory historical essay, a chronology, and comprehensive indexes.

Table of Contents:

Series Foreword by Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Abbreviations
Historiographical Narrative
Introduction
Sources
Strategy and Tactics
Operations
Personalities
The Campaign in Fiction, Journalism, Film, Art, and Photography
Assessments
Annotated Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

LC Card Number: 96-41333

LCC Class: D767

Dewey Class: 940


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